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<blockquote data-quote="Crayola13" data-source="post: 752609" data-attributes="member: 21066"><p>Schizophrenia is much worse than schitzoaffective disorder. If he was just diagnosed, it's probably not schizophrenia, because that usually starts around late teens. At the shelter we see many people with untreated schizophrenia. They hear voices and won't take medications for various reasons. Most of them are so paranoid that they believe swallowing a pill is a actually a tiny camera device that will allow others to read their minds, etc. It's a devastating mental illness that has to be treated. Schizoaffective disorder isn't as bad and is more treatable. It is more of a mood disorder with illness. It's thought that drugs and alcohol can alter the brain chemistry enough to rewire things and bring on mental illness. Sometimes the illness was already there but didn't manifest until drugs or a life event triggered it.</p><p></p><p>I really hope he doesn't have schizophrenia. A any rate, I will pray that he takes his medications and gets into therapy. To make matters worse, both illnesses are hereditary. I don't mean to alarm you about your two sons, but be prepared for that. This is very concerning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crayola13, post: 752609, member: 21066"] Schizophrenia is much worse than schitzoaffective disorder. If he was just diagnosed, it's probably not schizophrenia, because that usually starts around late teens. At the shelter we see many people with untreated schizophrenia. They hear voices and won't take medications for various reasons. Most of them are so paranoid that they believe swallowing a pill is a actually a tiny camera device that will allow others to read their minds, etc. It's a devastating mental illness that has to be treated. Schizoaffective disorder isn't as bad and is more treatable. It is more of a mood disorder with illness. It's thought that drugs and alcohol can alter the brain chemistry enough to rewire things and bring on mental illness. Sometimes the illness was already there but didn't manifest until drugs or a life event triggered it. I really hope he doesn't have schizophrenia. A any rate, I will pray that he takes his medications and gets into therapy. To make matters worse, both illnesses are hereditary. I don't mean to alarm you about your two sons, but be prepared for that. This is very concerning. [/QUOTE]
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